tor An alternative to Wikileaks, new website says it'll leak Russian oligarch and Kremlin emails and documents tomorrow Carla Sinclair
politics Trump administration reportedly drafting plans to revoke visas of Musk critics Ellsworth Toohey
Technology Microsoft hires former AG Eric Holder to audit facial recognition tech used on West Bank Xeni Jardin
social media How cities can serve as a model for social media platforms to build better community spaces Thom Dunn
law Judge orders the State of Georgia to be prepared for pen-and-paper balloting by March 2020 Cory Doctorow
happy mutants William Gibson, danah boyd and Oakland Privacy will all receive this year's EFF's Pioneer Award Cory Doctorow
gwot Big Tech is deleting evidence needed to prosecute war crimes, and governments want them to do more of it Cory Doctorow
police Internal files reveal how US law enforcement classes anti-fascists as fascists, and actual fascists as "anti-anti-fascists" Cory Doctorow
gender The FBI invented a fictitious "abortion extremist" movement, then warned local cops about potential acts of domestic terror from it Cory Doctorow
law In a huge win for open data, Congress passes the Open, Public, Electronic, and Necessary Government Data Act Cory Doctorow
censorship The platforms control our public discourse, and who they disconnect is arbitrary and capricious Cory Doctorow
trump 'Shame!' DHS Sec. Nielsen shouted down at Mexican restaurant, exits to loud protests Xeni Jardin
Business Amazon has been quietly selling its facial recognition system to US police forces, marketing it for bodycam use Cory Doctorow
Science Koch-backed climate deniers are exploiting the reproducibility crisis to discredit climate science Cory Doctorow
AI Coalition of 100+ tech groups and leaders warn the DHS that "extreme vetting" software will be a worse-than-useless, discriminatory nightmare Cory Doctorow
